Shielding properties of fibre cement wallboard.

Thiele, D L; Godwin, G A; Coakley, K S

Thiele, D L; Godwin, G A; Coakley, K S.

Affiliation

Thiele DL; Medical Physics Section, Biomedical Engineering & Health Technology Services, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Qld.

Australas Phys Eng Sci Med ; 21(3): 152-4, 1998 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9848950

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Transmission data for a fibre cement wallboard (villaboard) are determined for use in diagnostic shielding designs. Villaboard is found to be more attenuating than plasterboard e.g. 9 mm of villaboard is equivalent to 16 mm of plasterboard.

Subject(s)

Construction Materials; Radiation Protection/instrumentation; Biophysical Phenomena; Biophysics; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Humans; Mammography; Radiography, Dental

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Radiation Protection / Construction Materials Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies Limits: Female / Humans Language: En Journal: Australas Phys Eng Sci Med Year: 1998 Document type: Article

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